[AT] Garden tractor???/Now RF hazard

[charliehill]

Mike it makes you wonder when they tell you your .6 watt cell phone is 
burning your brain.   If that's true (I doubt it) the that 100,000 watt 
tower or even a high voltage power line must be dangerous as well, right?

Personally, I have some land I'd love to put a cell phone tower on.  I hear 
they pay pretty well to lease those sites. I just don't know how to go about 
it.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Garden tractor???/Now RF hazard


>I suspect that the fences were more to keep out vandals and thrill
> seekers who like to climb towers than to protect the public from
> electromagnetic radiation.
>
> People are starting to get concerned about this kind of thing, and I
> read daily news stories of protests against the siting of everything
> from cell phone towers to high tension power lines for that reason. I
> have heard that some people are now getting concerned about exposure to
> the overhead fluorescent lights in schools, offices, and other
> buildings. Unfortunately, there has not yet been any proof that
> occasional exposure to either weak or strong electromagnetic fields is
> harmful.
>
> Our local school board thought they could help the budget out by renting
> some space to a cellphone company for a tower right next to the
> elementary school. As you might imagine, after a couple of very stormy
> meetings attended by many concerned parents, the plan was dropped.
>
> charliehill wrote:
>> He's certainly doing something he shouldn't unless he's staying clear of 
>> the
>> area while the wood is cooking.
>>
>> I've got a question for those that might know.  I used to mow the guy 
>> wire
>> lanes for some transmission towers for a local broadcast company.  There
>> were three towers.  One was a 100,000 Watt FM and the other two were 
>> 50,000
>> watt.   The two smaller ones had a chain link fence around the base of 
>> the
>> tower and the transmitter building with warning signs about RF danger and 
>> I
>> never went inside them.   The area was covered in rock and there was no 
>> need
>> to mow.  The big 100,000 watt station had a larger chain link and a much
>> larger transmitter building.  On that one I mowed inside and right up 
>> within
>> 4 feet of the base of the transmitter.   I've always wondered how much RF
>> load I was getting and how much danger I was in while I was right around 
>> the
>> base of that tower.   Anyone got thoughts on that?
>>
>> Charlie
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